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  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in addition to being a WWII vet, was also ordained as a nondenominational ... that, I won't be posting quite so much. But I did want to take a moment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  things outside the bubble, I'm increasingly feeling like it's also easy to get too-focused inside bubble. People who come to MIT are usually ambitious, have goals and dreams, and are willing to commit to making those

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been putting pencil to paper(s) and finger to keyboard(s), writing my first ... papercuts later, I hauled my arrangement off to Kresge, where a ragtag band of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  Name the first thing that comes to mind when you think “MIT” and ... “mens et manus” to refer to—and second, I never did any of them. Nor was I ... interviewed by my Educational Counselor, he asked me if I liked to do things

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  of yet another great semester in MIT arts, and to celebrate this MIT ... tirelessly to improve publicity of and communication within MIT's arts ... great experience. We've come up with a logo to represent Arts at MIT

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped ... confused. Let me clarify: If today does happen to be your birthday, have a ... friends. The important word to understand in that sentence is ‘celebrating

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  As is my style, I didn't arrive back to MIT until the last possible ... feel the week or two before term are the best weeks all year, due to the ... it to my family to spend at least one week at home with them before

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... destined to wage intra-campus aqueous warfare. I’d ditched all the ... tossed it down to me. Tugging it on over my top, I grinned, bounded up the

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  of faces and experiences makes it all worthwhile. * Came home to find my bed upgraded from twin size to full size (!!); makes me scared about the transition back to twin size in September though – heh. * Drowned

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  warm day in Boston today, I still had applications to read. However, I learned quickly after joining the Admissions Office that it was important to take breaks from reading so I used one of them to take a quick walk

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  traveling to different planets, perhaps living in a ship for years until ... childhood interests. I never thought that by going to college here I would be ... closely there are similarities to that species on Earth that we all know as

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... had the tact to resize their photos to something on the order of 10^2 by 10^2 pixels before emailing them to me. (Unfortunately, I have to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... than they had been before they went off to college. My grandfather has ... September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  , and Transgender) Community, so the Rainbow Lounge at MIT is the home to ... loftily (and according to the sign outside the door):   Through the ... strive to: - provide a safe space for the MIT LBGTQ community, including

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... other hand, you're given an enormous amount of variety to select your ... and math classes are arranged after you arrive to MIT, rising freshmen

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  I am starting to run out of excuses for when I disappear for long ... seem to make it back with some sort of lame and totally transparent ... forget to blog that last one? My bad, guys), but I don't think this time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  wanky blog entries lately, I'd like to write one that's not, because ... just seeing the faces of young students and old professors, you start to ... . Parents are usually easy to spot for a couple of reasons. First, they all

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  misconception not only because of all the prospectives students I've talked to about MIT's supposed lack of fun, but also because I used to think the ... looking for something to do, you virtually guaranteed to find something

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Francisco, just about to fly back to Boston to prepare for FAP (Freshman Arts Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater ... , but there are exceptions to every rule, and mine is not being bothered

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  entrance to the new Central Square Theater. (Photo by CST) I had the chance to take a hardhat tour of the new Central Square Theater less than two ... to be honest, it was because I live around the corner and had been

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008